Literature Review

学习资料：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoYpyY9n9YQ

What is Literature Review

• 首先要知道什么是 Literature， 那就是在你选定的课题中的主要文献资料。
• Literature is published, peer-reviewed sources

What is reviewed?

• the snapshots capture the major concepts, points, and outcomes.
• Relationship between those snapshots
• Link the timeline situation

What is the purpose of Literature Review?

• Improve your own understanding
• Demonstrate the knowledge
• Bring them up-to-date to your reader and start at the present
• Then dividing the line between the literature review and the rest of your ideas

Techniques for organizing

• Chronological 按时间顺序
• Advancements 里程碑和突破性的研究成果
• Geographical
• Questions

Example:

• Start with a statement with four questions
• Put in order the summarize of the sources that addressed in each question

Writing process

• Collect the resources (if your requirement is to collect 20 sources, you are gone to collect 30-40 sources, then narrowing them out)
• Analyze (Skimming and Scanning reading to find the fit resources, then extend reading to word-to-word analytical reading, taking notes, write citations when you really find stuff truly relevant)
• Arrange(See the pattern whatever it is in time, question, or geography, make an outline, list the sources that go in each point)
• Summarize (Summarize and providing transactional connections)

Final Suggestion

• Commenting(whether it is good or bad research, evaluation)
• Highlight the past research compliment
• Group articles on the basis, approach, or conclusion.